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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Kuntz" data-source="post: 7808602" data-attributes="member: 7015759"><p>My first GENCON was number 2 in 1969. Let me do some kicking around for the rest, as I was also at a Madison and Chicago convention both IFW sponsored eventa.</p><p></p><p>Gary by every means is the co-founder of the IFW and the C&C Society. But as him running the whole shebangs plus others you mention, a resounding NO. I will concentrate on the IFW. At the time of my meeting Gary in 1968 Bill Hoyer was the IFW president, John Bobek (a long time friend of mine who I met through Gary) was the IW editor (International Wargamer, IFW's newsletter which had replaced The Spartan--google each online for histories); and Len Lakofka was in the wings in the organization, as well. All of the three aforementioned were stalwarts of the IFW and it was a pretty large membership, including myself, Mike Carr, Bill Speer, Tom Webster, Dave Arneson, Paul Cote, Don Lowry and many, many others) contributed to the IFW through creating Societies)such as Tom Webster who ran the Battle of the Bulge Society extension, PBM games based on AH's board game of the same title); there was a Stalingrad Society in the IFW which Gary and I belonged to--I believe Paul Cote ran that but I may be mistaken), and people like Lowry and Bobek also did F/C illos for the IWs, etc. The was a "federation" and everyone received their membership card--I was member #168 IIRC, though Bobek who retains the IFW records to this day could confirm that. This first editor for DB was Gary through issue 5; then Schleicher through issues 6-11, then myself to finish 12 and 13 and make the stencil for 14 (the latter issue, #14, was stenciled but never published). So there are some stabs at your questions, for what you ask would take an extended essay to answer, possibly a small book, in fact. Gary was a primary mover, shaker and designer, in the wargames industry and influenced quite a bit and led the way with quite a bit more. Most people have concentrated on his latter days, but my columns here and Memoirs will be doing some way deeper delving on the subject of pre-TSR times.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Note this thread by John Bobek: <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/552879/international-federation-wargaming/page/1" target="_blank">International Federation of Wargaming | Wargames</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Kuntz, post: 7808602, member: 7015759"] My first GENCON was number 2 in 1969. Let me do some kicking around for the rest, as I was also at a Madison and Chicago convention both IFW sponsored eventa. Gary by every means is the co-founder of the IFW and the C&C Society. But as him running the whole shebangs plus others you mention, a resounding NO. I will concentrate on the IFW. At the time of my meeting Gary in 1968 Bill Hoyer was the IFW president, John Bobek (a long time friend of mine who I met through Gary) was the IW editor (International Wargamer, IFW's newsletter which had replaced The Spartan--google each online for histories); and Len Lakofka was in the wings in the organization, as well. All of the three aforementioned were stalwarts of the IFW and it was a pretty large membership, including myself, Mike Carr, Bill Speer, Tom Webster, Dave Arneson, Paul Cote, Don Lowry and many, many others) contributed to the IFW through creating Societies)such as Tom Webster who ran the Battle of the Bulge Society extension, PBM games based on AH's board game of the same title); there was a Stalingrad Society in the IFW which Gary and I belonged to--I believe Paul Cote ran that but I may be mistaken), and people like Lowry and Bobek also did F/C illos for the IWs, etc. The was a "federation" and everyone received their membership card--I was member #168 IIRC, though Bobek who retains the IFW records to this day could confirm that. This first editor for DB was Gary through issue 5; then Schleicher through issues 6-11, then myself to finish 12 and 13 and make the stencil for 14 (the latter issue, #14, was stenciled but never published). So there are some stabs at your questions, for what you ask would take an extended essay to answer, possibly a small book, in fact. Gary was a primary mover, shaker and designer, in the wargames industry and influenced quite a bit and led the way with quite a bit more. Most people have concentrated on his latter days, but my columns here and Memoirs will be doing some way deeper delving on the subject of pre-TSR times. Edit: Note this thread by John Bobek: [URL="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/552879/international-federation-wargaming/page/1"]International Federation of Wargaming | Wargames[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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